Does Text Message Support After Discharge Improve Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery? A Randomised Trial.

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bariatric Surgery Candidate; Obesity

Treatments: Other: Daily text message of support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02341001

BOBSRCT01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether text message support after discharge from a bariatric service improves outcomes following bariatric surgery.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients who have had a sleeve gastrectomy 18 months ago and are attending the discharge follow-up appointment

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not have the ability to receive text messages
• Patients who do not understand written English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients are discharged from the bariatric service at 18 months after surgery.

Standard care with text message support

Experimental group

Description:

Patients are discharged from the bariatric service at 18 months after surgery but receive a daily text message for one year.

Treatment:

Other: Daily text message of support